The Connected Curriculum Project - Historical Development of CCP

The Duke component of CCP is the successor to Project CALC: Calculus As a Laboratory Course, which was supported by the NSF Calculus Reform Initiative (1988-93). Most of the precalculus and calculus CCP modules are based on laboratory materials originally developed for Project CALC. A follow-on NSF grant in 1993 supported development of modular lab activities for courses beyond calculus: linear algebra, differential equations, and engineering mathematics. These modules were created as interactive texts in specific computer algebra systems: Mathcad, Mathematica, and Maple.

The scope of available CCP materials and the family of CCP authors both continue to grow as additional units are submitted. Our news page gives regular updates on new materials. In addition to materials found at the Duke site, some of the CCP materials are housed at Cal Polyand some at Montana State University. In this article, we discuss only the materials on the Duke CCP site.